Chapter 123 Inquiry
"Old lady, what a good boy, look at the beautiful girl. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Mrs. Li praised with a smile, and also had a bit of kind words.
"Don't dare to be, the little girl is just an ordinary village girl, relying on craftsmanship to make money to supplement the family, said that I should come to the door to thank the Lord and the old lady, the Lord used my picture, I have the silver to alleviate the difficulties of the family, and then the Lord Xiangye helped my brother introduce the opportunity to Renhetang, we have not had time to come to the door to thank you, just take the opportunity of today, embroidered girl Qiaolan kowtowed to the old lady to thank you. Qiao Lan got up from her seat as she spoke, knelt down and kowtowed earnestly to thank her to show her sincerity.
"Oh, good boy, don't be so polite, this kid is too sincere. The old lady was even more satisfied, who doesn't like an ungrateful and honest child.
"Sit down and talk, let's chatter. ”
Qiao Lan took out a roll of brocade cloth from her sleeve pocket, and now she is going to come to Xiangye's house to wear a big-sleeved gown, the big sleeve of the ancients is a reverse small pocket, there is a saying since ancient times, 'two sleeves are clean' not only to say that the official is honest, one of the meanings is also to say that there is nothing in the pocket, the ancients' pocket is mostly in the sleeve, and the pocket is reversed towards the cuff, which can decorate small things.
"I heard that the old lady believes in Buddhism, this is a scroll of Buddhist scriptures embroidered by me, it is a little bit of my heart, my grandmother also believes in Buddhism, and has been worshiped in front of the Buddha, and please don't dislike the old lady. Qiao Lan held the brocade cloth in both hands and raised it above her head, her body bowed slightly, and her attitude was respectful and humble.
She doesn't want to offend such a powerful person because of a little mistake, and she can make people feel taken for granted by showing humility, a village girl is so arrogant and nostrils are facing the sky, isn't she waiting for others to kill you.
"Good boy, bring it to me and take a look, it turns out that your grandmother also believes in Buddhism, so you are tired. The old lady had a look of surprise in her eyes when she heard this, for she smelled the scent of sandalwood.
The maid presented the things, the old lady opened it and smiled with satisfaction, the words on the brocade cloth are quite large and embroidered, the font is upright and peaceful, with rare personal characteristics of the wind bones, peaceful and gentle and full of Zheng Zheng pride and perseverance, such words must have been polished after years of hard work, not a day's work.
The old lady is from a Qingliu family, and she is the most eye-catching of these things, and she can see the door at a glance.
"Good words, good words, did you write it?" The old lady raised her head to look at Qiao Lan, and handed the brocade cloth to her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Li.
Qiao Lan lowered her head slightly, her cheeks were slightly red, and she looked a little cramped and embarrassed, "I wrote it, don't dislike it if it's not written well, I can't afford your praise." ”
"It's very well written, mother, it's a good handwriting, much better than Yuan'er. Mrs. Li praised her honestly, and she didn't feel displeased with her own children, but her impression of Qiaolan was better.
"Words and paintings are taught by my grandmother, when I was very young at home, my grandmother's embroidery is with the best embroidery in Suzhou to learn, I taught me, let me recognize words, grandmother said only embroidery can only do embroidery can not do anything else, but read to understand the truth, learn calligraphy and painting to make money, will be respected by others. Qiao Lan smiled shallowly.
"Well, your grandmother is a well-educated and wise person, you are very good, I like things very much, I stayed, thank you grandmother for me, let her help me to worship the Buddha, this word is very good, my eyes are not very good, the font is larger, I look very comfortable. "The old lady really liked it.
The words are written peacefully and uprightly, looking comfortable and calm, it is indeed a heart, the important thing is that this gift is just right, not too stammering or too shabby, and very elegant and decent, just right.
"If only you didn't dislike it. Qiaolan looked very happy, with a pair of beautiful and smart big eyes smiling like a crooked crescent moon, which made people love it.
"I heard that there is a misunderstanding between your family and the Zhao family of the pharmacy?" the old lady asked tentatively, with some scrutiny in her eyes.
Qiao Lan lowered her head and groaned for a while, raised her face and smiled: "It's not a misunderstanding, it's me who is willful." Now it's enough for my brother to study medicine again, and the rest is gone. "I don't want to talk about it anymore, some things will be boring if you talk too much, and you will be tired of crying too much, not to mention a bad thing, and it's not a glorious thing.
The old lady had actually inquired about it a long time ago, and she just wanted to see what kind of character the Li family was, if Qiaolan complained of bitterness and resentment, it showed that her family was not tolerant and generous enough, and the fault was not one person's, and it couldn't all be blamed on others.
Now Qiao Lan didn't say a word, so much so that the old lady was deeply gratified, and felt that the family's character was indeed good and measured.
"Well, it's good that you can think like this, you are young and have some things to do, and you may not be without willows. How is your family doing now?Are you having difficulties?" The old lady had a better impression of Qiaolan, and she was also in the mood to ask, to see if there was any place where she could help, this child had a backbone and measure, and it was quite good.
"It's not difficult, I've been embroidering tweed, and there's no shortage of money. The family also built a big house, not long after it was built, our family pooled money together to buy a small shop in the county, my sister-in-law opened a small food shop, and my nephew went to school in the county academy, so the sisters-in-law planned to come out and do something to earn out of the nephew's bondage. Everything was fine, nothing was difficult. Thank you for your concern. Qiao Lan was very happy when she talked about her family, and she didn't hide it.
The old lady listened to the same facts as her own investigation, which was really good, and she felt that Qiaolan was a good child who was honest and generous, and she had a good impression in her heart.
Mrs. Li interjected at the right time. "Mother, it's rare that you like this girl, but you can't get someone else's gift and not give you a gift in return, you have to have some blood. She covered her mouth and teased.
The old lady nodded again and again, "What you said is very true, what should I give?" Girls love jewelry, right? Girl, what do you like?"
Qiao Lan smiled, her attitude was very generous, "Old lady, don't give me jewelry, I have jewelry, I don't usually wear jewelry as a village girl." I like books, especially books with annotations, I bought books in the bookstore, and the shopkeeper Li of the embroidery building also gave me a set of four books, I plan to copy books, so that I can practice calligraphy and leave books for my nephews, they can use them in the future. If you don't think I'm buried, give me a book, any book, even a peasant book. "Her eyes are bright and bright, and she really loves books.
The old lady immediately nodded with a satisfied smile, "Good, good! Nishang, you go and bring the set of annotated manuscripts of the four books that the study master has read to her, I like this child to be sensible and motivated. In the future, she can keep it for her nephew. ”
"In that case, I also have some books for the girl's family there, the old ones I put on the cabinet on the left, the ones with aromatherapy recipes. "Mrs. Li doesn't want gold, silver and jewelry to ask for books for such a girl who likes books, and this heart makes a noble person like Mrs. Li like it a little first.
Qiao Lan immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you, old lady, thank you, madam, the folk girl likes it so much, this is a hundred times more valuable than anything, thank you!"
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